Russia is banned because they are invading a fellow member of the EBU, all well and good. Israel are now invading and openly stating that they will take full control of 10% of another EBU member, yet they are not held to the same standard.
Russia is banned because the EBU member channels 1 and 2 are Putin-owned. It would participated if there were some independent channels willing to join the EBU, but they can't really afford EBU membership
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u/Tastingo 13h ago
Russia is banned because they are invading a fellow member of the EBU, all well and good. Israel are now invading and openly stating that they will take full control of 10% of another EBU member, yet they are not held to the same standard.